Google celebrate Sergei Diaghilev 145th Birthday with Doodle

The Search Engine Google is showing this Doodle in few countries for celebrating Sergei Diaghilev’s 145th Birthday

Sergei Diaghilev was a Russian art critic, visionary, patron, ballet organizer and founder of the Ballets Russes, a trailblazing dance company that united talents from the disciplines of art, fashion, dance, choreography, and music, and vaulted them to dizzying creative heights.

From 1909-1929, the Ballet Russes performed on stages around the globe, mesmerizing, even scandalizing, audiences with its unprecedented costumes, stage sets, compositions, and choreography.

In 1905 he organized a huge exhibition of Russian portrait painting at the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg, having travelled widely through Russia for a year discovering many previously unknown masterpieces of Russian portrait art.

In 1907 he presented five concerts of Russian music in Paris, and in 1908 mounted a production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, starring Feodor Chaliapin, at the Paris Opéra.

Diaghilev died as he had lived, on credit. His last days were spent in Venice, and after his death, friends had to pay his hotel bill.

Diaghilev was known as a hard, demanding, even frightening taskmaster.

Diaghilev was a pioneer in adapting these new musical styles to modern ballet.

An Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy's 117th Birthday Google Doodle

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Hassan Fathy, an Egyptian architect known for pioneering new methods, respecting tradition, and valuing all walks of life. Fathy is known to be a poet, musician, and inventor, but he spent his life's work in architecture, after training in Cairo.

At the beginning of his career, Fathy focused on teaching architecture to others, but soon began to take on architectural projects of his own. He was convinced that Egypt could look to its past to create a valuable future. He researched ancient methods of building, and began working with traditional materials like mud and earth.

Beyond preserving Egypt's architectural legacy, Fathy trusted in the power of community to look after itself. He trained community members to create their own materials from scratch and build their own structures, so that they would be able to sustain their homes long after Fathy was gone. In this way, he was invested in more than building homes - he was building communities

He built diverse homes with the understanding that different families would have different needs. He also built a theater, school, market, and mosque, since a community is based on more than houses. His work in Egypt and beyond inspired others all over the world to find innovative ways to respect their local traditions and resources.

Today’s Google Doodle honors Fathy’s legacy on what would have been his 117th birthday.

Nowruz 2017 Google Doodle

The search Engine Google is showing this animated Doodle in few countries for celebrating Nowruz 2017.

For more than 3,000 years, people of Persian ancestry have been celebrating Nowruz, the return of spring and the start of a new year. A combination of the Persian words “now” for new and “ruz” for day, it is often celebrated at the exact moment of the vernal (spring) equinox, when the days start getting longer, and the celebrations can continue for up to two weeks.

Nowruz is a time of joyous renewal. Visits with friends and family, a clean house and new clothes, and special spring foods are traditional ways to celebrate the holiday. Perhaps the most enduring image of Nowruz is gathering together with friends and family around a bonfire

It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in Western Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin and the Balkans.

It is the name of the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year,which is celebrated worldwide by the Iranians, along with some other ethno-linguistic groups, as the beginning of the New Year.

Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It usually occurs on 21 March or the previous or following day, depending on where it is observed.

The festival of Nowruz is celebrated by many groups of people in the Black Sea basin, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Western Asia, central and southern Asia, and by Iranians worldwide.

Nowruz is celebrated by Kurdish people in Iraq and Turkey, as well as by the Parsis in the Indian subcontinent.

It is the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. In Iran, families celebrate the New Year since the exact time of the March equinox, which is calculated every year.

Nauruz is celebrated widely in Afghanistan. Also known as the Farmer's Day, the observances usually last two weeks, culminating on the first day of the Afghan New Year, on March 21.

St. Patrick's Day 2017 Google Doodle

On Mar 17 The Search engine Google is showing this animated Doodle for the St. Patrick's Day .

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick , is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick , the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, today’s Google Doodle takes us to the mystical Skellig Michael, a remote island just off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

The breathtaking destination is a World Heritage Site and home to many species of seabirds — like puffins, gannets, and razorbills If you’re brave enough to scale the 600 steps to the top of the rocky precipice, you’ll see a magnificent view of the mainland and the Atlantic Ocean from 714 feet above sea level.

Each year at least four boat licences are granted to tour operators who run trips to Skellig Michael during the summer season. For safety reasons, because the steps are rocky, steep, and old, climbs are not permitted during very wet or windy weather

when was the first cricket test match ? Google Doodle for marking First Cricket Test Match

The Search Engine Google is showing this Doodle in few Countries for 140th Anniversary of the First Cricket Test Match

The first officially-recognized test cricket match took place 140 years ago today. 

It was a contest between the established English side and the newly-formed Australian team. 

Australia won the first match, but England won the second match to draw the series . 

The rivalry between the English and Australian teams, forged on the field, endures to this day.

Today’s Google Doodle hits the deck with a lighthearted rendering that captures the spirit of sportsmanship and the inaugural test match.

Holi Festival 2017 Google Doodle. Know about the Festival of Colours

The Search Engine Google is showing an animated Doodle in many Countries for celebrating the Holi Festival.

Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colours" or the "festival of love". 
The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships, and is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest.

Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia.

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika bonfire where people gather, do religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil should be destroyed as the bonfire starts. 

The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi - a free-for-all carnival of colours, where participants play, chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water, with some carrying water guns and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fight.

Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children and elders. 
The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, open parks, outside temples and buildings.

Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks.

International Women's Day 2017 Google Doodle

In 1911, the first official International Women's Day rallies were held in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland.

Each year  Google celebrates International Women’s Day with Doodle. It is an annual holiday that takes place on March 8

It’s a Day for Investing in Women & Girls

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

It Started as a Socialist Holiday.International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world,

Its purpose is to promote women’s equality, encourage support for repressed women and promote appreciation toward women everywhere.

The earliest observance of International Women’s Day took place a year later on February 28, 1909, in New York City.

The first modern International Women’s Day was finally held in 1914, four years after its conception. March 8, 1914 was chosen because it was a Sunday, which a majority of women would have off from work and thus would be able to participate in marches and other events.

In 1977, International Women’s Day was first observed as a global event by western nations when the United Nations General Assembly invited its members to dedicate March 8 as the UN Day for women’s rights.

This day was dedicated to the female workers’ causes, denouncing the exploitation and oppression of women, but defending, principally, the female vote.